https://youtu.be/FCOnC8ZEwKc Stencils make great textures for a crayon rubbing. If you did the leaf rubbings as a kid in school, it’s the exact same idea, just with a stencil! Start by placing a piece of tissue paper on top of your stencil. I’m using my Words to Live By stencil. Next, use a crayon to [...]
Words To Live By
https://youtu.be/HxALbe1THcE What can you do when you want colorful fabric that’s uniquely yours? Print it on a gel plate! That’s how I made the colorful fabric that I turned into protective face masks. I never would have expected to be needing these- but if it helps keep us all safer, and this blasted virus to [...]
It’s not always easy to play but it is always soul nourishing when I do! What makes it hard to play some days? My inner critic. That critical voice in my head. I stood in my studio, stuck. Totally unable to decide what to do. Then Funky Town, the Pseudo Echo version from the Awesome 80’s, [...]
Sometimes out of chaos comes something good. And there was plenty of chaos happening in this art journal from the very beginning. It was a mess. I had no plan which was very clear as visual overload hit in the middle! But out of that chaos emerged a story. http://youtu.be/gaAhU_r-QXE Watch Creative Chaos in My [...]
An art journal page doesn’t have to happen all at once. Truly, there are no rules when it comes to art journaling and play. A few weeks ago I stenciled the heart with paint and let it be until I had a stack of PanPastels out on my counter that were whispering to me. I [...]
StencilGirl Products and Xyron are playing together with a hop filled to brim with ideas for both stencils and adhesives! While playing around in my art journal with Xyron’s adhesive dots I found Kleenex gave me just the look I wanted. http://youtu.be/-uMdckmIdtk You can watch Xyron Adhesives and Kleenex on YouTube here. [...]
Words have become an important part of my life both personally and as a part of my art. I chose words and phrases for this stencil that captured the feelings that are important in my art and my life. No surprise this one is called Words to Live By. [...]
